There's a lot of factors which make up young players' decision about 'picking a sport', but ultimately it comes down to which sport they find the most fun and in a young player's career this session could be the difference between them sticking with basketball or going to another sport.
To make sure your players remain motivated throughout this session we open with a game of cat and mouse before progressing into a series of dribbling races and possession games. All the games in this session relate to core basketball skills, getting players to work on dribbling at speed, passing and shooting but the key thing is that your players are enjoying themselves!
Good team defence is five players guarding the ball, not five separate one-on-ones. The shell drill is where that starts, so here is how to teach help-side positioning and rotations from the first week of the season.
Rebounding is the least glamorous thing in basketball and one of the most decisive. It is also almost entirely a habit, which means it is entirely coachable.
Good spacing is only the start. The best modern offences teach players to attack the defence's rotations and play in a permanent 4-on-3 - here is how to coach that read.
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